Studies in Byzantine Epitomes and the Greek Epitomizing Tradition (Mnemosyne, Supplements / Mnemosyne, Supplements, Late Antique Literature)

Mallan, Christopher (EDT)

Brill（2025/07発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 252 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789004731820

Full Description

Epitomes, or abridged books, were a constant feature of Byzantine intellectual life and book culture. From epitomes of Greek and Roman historians to medical texts to condensed works of law, epitomes provided professionals and intellectuals with convenient sources of information - or erudition - that met the needs of their post-antique world. This volume, the first to be devoted to Byzantine epitomes, traces the development of the Byzantine epitomizing tradition from antiquity to the fall of Constantinople, while also analysing several key examples in depth. Across eight case-studies, Byzantine epitomes emerge as often surprising products of times of intense intellectual activity.

Contents

Preface

Notes on Contributors

Introduction: Epitomes and Epitomators in Byzantium

 C.T. Mallan

Part 1 From Antiquity to Byzantium

1 The Greek Epitomizing Tradition in Antiquity: From Theopompus to the Age of Justinian

 C.T. Mallan

2 Ancient Epitomes in Photios' Bibliotheca

 Laura Pfuntner

Part 2 Stockpiling Wisdom

3 Epitomizing Aristotle's Organon

 Melpomeni Vogiatzi

4 Medical Epitomes in Byzantium

 Isabel Grimm-Stadelmann

5 Epitomes in Byzantine Law

 Marios Tantalos

Part 3 Transmitting Culture(s)

6 A Compiled Compilation: The Epitome of Athenaeus' Deipnosophistae

 Chrysanthos S. Chrysanthou

7 Xiphilinos' Epitome of Cassius Dio

 Marion Kruse

8 George Gemistos Plethon and the History of Greece after Mantinea

 Jeffrey Beneker

Index